Official BYC Poll: When You Travel, Who Looks After Your Chickens?

[RoosterWhisperer]

You're tired and jaded and need a break, but you can't figure out who could take care of your flock as well as you could? Even the most devoted chicken lover needs a break sometimes. However, we cannot figure out how to ensure that our chickens are as well taken care of as we would like. Perhaps you have to leave your home for another reason: perhaps a family emergency, or perhaps you have to work away.

So we would like to find out: When You Travel, Who Looks After Your Chickens?

Place your votes above, and please share your thoughts and experiences in reply to this thread.

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Our grandfather/father watches them for us.

 

[RoosterWhisperer]

I'm not gone often, but this past summer a couple family members took care of them.

I love your profile Dottie, I can't imagine anything more true than that!
Looks like mine last week!

 

[3xhhheather]

My sister used to come and watch them, she totally understood the importance of these birds to me and loved being able to get out of her apartment and be in the country for a bit. But sadly, she moved to Texas and so when I had a work trip that my partner wanted to join in on I found a pet sitting service that specialized in poultry. It didn’t go great, almost put my partner on a last minute flight home because I was panicking so bad. Birds were going to be left out overnight unprotected and to me that’s just a line that can’t be crossed. Luckily we were able to communicate and get things sorted in time, but it kind of ruined my hope of trusting my flock with a stranger. So now I’m flying my sister back out for a trip in the fall, she’s happy to help and I will be able to enjoy a stress free vacation.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

You forgot Other.

I set up my birds so they can take care of themselves while I'm gone with occasionally someone coming down to check on them and refill feeders and waterers. I also let them keep the eggs if they want them.

Ditto. But I won't leave them any longer than 5 days either. They can probably do well for 7-8 but I'm usually missing them so badly by day 3 anyway. I need to hug my chickens & roosters!

 

[MaryJanet]

My answer is not listed, so I'm commenting.

When my neighbours are travelling, I look after their chickens and cats. When I'm travelling, they look after my chickens and cat. It's a perfect arrangement.

I wouldn't mind in the least if they used up the eggs while I'm gone and they wouldn't mind if I did the same.

 

[ANiceKaren]

I am DREADING leaving my chickens when we go to visit friends or family.

Same! I hate leaving my girls! I worry weeks leading up to trip and all during trip! They are always just fine but it’s so hard!

 

[BDutch]

Thanks! I haven't heard of cat netting. I'll look into it. That may be easier (and will likely be less expensive) than chain link to cover the run.

This is it:
https://www.trixie.de/heimtierbedar...afety22/Protective+Net+reinforced/?card=25587

 

[Loveshorsesandglee]

Last summer was the first time in a long time I went on a trip our neighbor came and took care of the chickens,ducks and cats I boarded the dogs because I don’t trust them alone with the birds. She got eggs and I also paid her.

 

[eaking]

We have chickens and cats. The petsitter plays with the cats and does the litter and then checks on the hens and cleans their coop. We pay her $25 a visit. She brings in the mail and packages and sends us pics. Worth every penny.

 

[Chicken poppy]

You're tired and jaded and need a break, but you can't figure out who could take care of your flock as well as you could? Even the most devoted chicken lover needs a break sometimes. However, we cannot figure out how to ensure that our chickens are as well taken care of as we would like. Perhaps you have to leave your home for another reason: perhaps a family emergency, or perhaps you have to work away.

So we would like to find out: When You Travel, Who Looks After Your Chickens?

Place your votes above, and please share your thoughts and experiences in reply to this thread.

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I dont travel, i live in a little hole

(okay kidding, but no, i dont travel much, if i were to, which i dont, i would let my family take care of them. Or my friends)